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| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, foresee, grasp, image, imagine, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, view, vision, visualize, externalize, look upon, think up |
| Notes: | envisage refers to an image that is delineated, whereas envision can refer to an appearance that is indefinite or immaterial; envisage is 'contemplate or view in a certain way' and envision means 'picture to oneself; visualize' |
| Main Entry: | cogitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think deeply about |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, chew the cud*, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, imagine, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, cerebrate, flash on, kick around*, mull over, noodle around, stew over |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up*, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, visualize, become pregnant, depicture, spitball, think up, trump up |
| Antonyms: | abort, destroy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concoct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
| Synonyms: | batch*, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, vamp, ad lib, prefab, slap together, throw together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | construct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, build |
| Synonyms: | build up, compose, compound, constitute, cook up*, create, design, dream up*, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, hammer out*, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, organize, produce, put out, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, throw up*, whip up*, cobble up, fudge together, hoke up, prefab, throw together, trump up, uprear |
| Antonyms: | annihilate, break, demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daydream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up fantasy |
| Synonyms: | conceive, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, moon, muse, pipe dream*, build castles in air, stargaze, trip out, woolgather |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extrapolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infer |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, predict, project, theorize, hypothesize, make an educated guess, see ahead |
| Main Entry: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imagine, create |
| Synonyms: | be inclined to think, believe, conceive, conjecture, dream up, envisage, envision, fantasize, feature*, guess, head trip, image, infer, make up, make up off top of one's head, phantom, picture, realize, reckon, spark, spitball, suppose, surmise, think, think likely, think up, trump up, vision, visualize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fantasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about desires |
| Synonyms: | daydream, envision, hallucinate, head trip, imagine, invent, moon, romance, build castles in air, live in a dream world, trip out, woolgather |
| Main Entry: | hallucinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imagine vividly |
| Synonyms: | blow one's mind, daydream, envision, fantasize, freak out*, have visions, head trip, hear voices, trip*, visualize |
| Antonyms: | experience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream up, conceive |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, build castles in air, conceptualize, conjure up, cook up*, create, depict, devise, envisage, envision, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, figure, form, frame, harbor, image, invent, make up, nurture, perceive, picture, plan, project, realize, scheme, see in one's mind, spark, think of, think up, vision, visualize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, think up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, author, bear, coin, come up with, come upon, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, execute, fake, fashion, find, forge, form, formulate, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, jam*, knock off*, make, make up, mint, originate, plan, produce, project, turn out, wing*, bring into being, off-the-cuff, toss off |
| Antonyms: | steal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form vision in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | conceive of, create, daydream, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, imagine, portray, see, see in the mind's eye, visualize |
| Main Entry: | predict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express an outcome in advance |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, anticipate, augur, call, conclude, conjecture, croak, envision, figure, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, gather, guess, infer, judge, omen, portend, presage, presume, prognosticate, prophesy, read, suppose, surmise, think, be afraid, call it, crystal-ball divine*, figure out, forespeak, have a hunch, hazard a guess, make book, psych out, see coming, see handwriting on wall, size up*, soothsay, telegraph, vaticinate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan |
| Synonyms: | arrange, blueprint, calculate, cast, chart, conceive, contemplate, contrive, delineate, design, devise, diagram, draft, envisage, envision, estimate, extrapolate, feature, forecast, frame, gauge, image, imagine, intend, outline, predetermine, predict, propose, purpose, reckon, scheme, see, think, vision, visualize, map out |
| Main Entry: | realize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appreciate, become aware of |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, be cognizant of, become conscious of, catch, catch on*, comprehend, conceive, discern, envisage, envision, fancy*, feature*, get, get it, get the idea, get the picture, get through one's head, grasp, image, imagine, know, pick up*, recognize, see daylight, take in*, think, understand, vision, visualize |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | see |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appreciate, comprehend |
| Synonyms: | appraise, ascertain, behold, catch, conceive, descry, determine, discern, discover, distinguish, envisage, envision, espy, experience, fancy, fathom, feature, feel, find out, follow, get, grasp, have, hear, imagine, investigate, know, learn, make out, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, perceive, ponder, realize, recognize, remark, study, suffer, sustain, take in, think, tumble, undergo, understand, unearth, view, visualize, weigh, catch on, get the drift, get the hang of |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | see |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visualize |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, conceive, divine, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, foresee, foretell, imagine, picture, realize, think, vision |
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